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Pivot Irrigation Blog

Guides on choosing, running and maintaining center pivot, linear and universal pivot irrigation systems — written in the factory in Konya by the people who build them.

Field notes, from the people who build the machines

How to pick a system for your parcel, where the water saving actually comes from, what a control panel is telling you, and the four things that put a pivot out of the field in July.

  1. Aerial view of the Tüyap Konya International Fair Center From the factory

    Konya Agriculture Fair 2027: 6–10 April, and how to use it

    The next edition is announced for 6–10 April 2027. If you are planning a system for that season, here is how to spend fifteen minutes well.     4 min
  2. AksuPivot stand at the Konya Tüyap Agriculture Fair 2026 From the factory

    Konya Agriculture Fair 2026: 431 exhibitors, 535,330 visitors

    The 22nd edition ran 7–11 April 2026 and published its numbers: 431 exhibitors from 18 countries, and visitors from a hundred more.     5 min
  3. Aerial view of an AksuPivot center pivot watering a circular crop field Choosing a system

    Which pivot suits your field?

    Almost every decision about a pivot follows from three things: the shape of the parcel, where the water comes from, and what you grow.     6 min
  4. Sprinkler drops hanging from the span of a pivot irrigation machine Water & efficiency

    Where the 30% water saving actually comes from

    A pivot saves water in three separate ways — and two of them depend on how the machine is set up, not on the machine itself.     7 min
  5. Tower drive and wheel assembly of a center pivot irrigation machine in the field Service & parts

    Keeping a pivot in the field, not in for repair

    A pivot is a simple machine that fails in predictable places. Most of a season’s downtime comes from four of them.     6 min
  6. Galvanized steel spans of an AksuPivot machine seen along the boom Service & parts

    Why hot-dip galvanizing decides how long a pivot lasts

    A pivot stands in water for twenty years. The difference between a machine that survives it and one that does not is where the zinc went.     5 min
  7. Control cabinet at the pivot point of a center pivot irrigation system Water & efficiency

    Reading a pivot control panel: depth, direction and the end gun

    The percentage timer does not set speed — it sets how much water lands. Here is what each control on the panel is actually doing.     6 min
  8. AksuPivot stand at the Konya Tüyap Agriculture Fair 2025 From the factory

    Konya Agriculture Fair 2025: five days in April

    The 2025 edition moved to 8–12 April. The same stand, the same span and gearbox, and a season’s worth of questions in five days.     4 min
  9. AksuPivot stand at the Konya Tüyap Agriculture Fair 2024 From the factory

    Konya Agriculture Fair 2024: AksuPivot on the stand

    The 2024 edition ran 5–9 March at the Tüyap Konya International Fair Center. Here is what we took, and what people asked us.     4 min